Feig and Firth have been offered deals to make the new version, with the King's Speech actor in line for the lead role, reports Variety.

A writer has yet to be confirmed, but The Weinstein Company will reportedly fill the position in the near future.

The comedy drama centres on a rich white aristocrat who becomes a quadriplegic after a paragliding accident. He eventually forms an unlikely friendship with a young convict of Senegalese descent who is later hired as his caregiver.

Original producer Nicolas Duval-Adassovsky will return for the English remake.